What does Aegean mean?

Definitions for Aegean
ɪˈdʒi ənaegean

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Aegean, Aegean Seaadjective

    an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia

  2. Aegeanadjective

    of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization

  3. Aegeanadjective

    of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea

    "Aegean islands"

Wiktionary

  1. Aegeanadjective

    Of, or relating to the Aegean Sea or the regions bordering it

  2. Aegeanadjective

    Of, or relating to the Bronze Age civilization in that region

  3. Aegeannoun

    The Aegean Sea.

ChatGPT

  1. aegean

    The Aegean refers to the Aegean Sea, which is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey. In general, it can also refer to the regions surrounding this sea, including the islands within it, and the historical civilizations (like the ancient Greek and Aegean civilizations) that arose around this area.

  2. aegean

    The term Aegean generally refers to the Aegean Sea, an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey. It also refers to the region and civilizations that developed around this sea, specifically in Greece and Turkey. Aegean can also pertain to anything related to these geographic locations or cultures, such as Aegean art, Aegean language, Aegean culture, etc.

  3. aegean

    Aegean refers to something related to the Aegean Sea, which is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea located between the mainland of Greece and Turkey. It can also pertain to the ancient civilizations that developed around this body of water, namely the Greeks and the Mycenaeans. The term can also be used to refer to the geographical region encompassing Greece, its islands, and western Turkey surrounding the Aegean Sea.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Aegeanadjective

    of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago

  2. Etymology: [L. Aegeus; Gr. .]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Aegean in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Aegean in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Aegean in a Sentence

  1. Kyriakos Mitsotakis:

    It has the ability to control the flows in the Aegean. It can not give the impression that it is exploiting this issue for its own geopolitical pursuits.

  2. The Vatican:

    It's very clear that the pope recognizes that there is a significant emergency going on, just as he went to Lampedusa, which was then the front line of the Mediterranean route, now that there is this difficult, dramatic situation on the Aegean front, he naturally wants to be present to show a sense of solidarity and responsibility.

  3. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu:

    We don't want to see women and children dying in the Aegean Sea.

  4. Alexis Tsipras:

    I put to the Turkish president this increase in Turkish violations in the Aegean .. And we finally agreed to give emphasis to our efforts to reduce tensions.

  5. George Kyritsis:

    We had a very low influx from the other side of the Aegean... which we consider positive.

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